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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water duality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor ~ Director Secretary
July 12, 201 I
Samspon County
DWQ No. 20070498
Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D., Manager
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Project Development & Environmental Analysis Branch
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1548
Subject: Big Swamp Mitigation Site, Samspon County, TIP No. B-4271
Dear Dc Thorpe:
This correspondence is in reference to your letter dated July 5, 201 I, regarding the Big Swamp
Mitigation Site located in Samspon County, North Carolina. This site is being utilized by the North
Carolina Department of Transportation as compensatory mitigation for wetland impacts associated with
project B-4271.
By copy of this letter, we are notifying you that no further monitoring of the site will be required
since the construction and success criteria for the mitigation site has been met.
Thank you for your time and cooperation. If you have any questions, please contact David
Wainwright at [phone].
Sincerely,
(Qy oleen Sullins,
Director
cc: Brad Shaver, US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington Field Office
Stoney Mathis, Division 3 Environmental Officer ,
Chris Militscher, Environmental Protection Agency (electronic copy only)
Travis Wilson, NC Wildlife Resources Commission (electronic copy only)
Mason Herndon, Fayetteville Regional Office
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DEPARTMENT' OF TRANSPORTATION
BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
July 5, 2011
Mr. Brad Shaver
Wilmington Regulatory Office ACOE
69 Darlington Avenue
Wilmington, NC 28402-1890
Re: Big Swamp Mitigation Site, Sampson County, State Project No. 8.2281701, TIP No.
B-4271, Action ID No. SAW-2003-883-082
Mr. Shaver:
As you are aware, the Department has monitored the Big Swamp Mitigation Site since its
construction in March 2008. Located in Sampson County, at Bridge No. 98 over Big Swamp on
SR 1246 (Butler Island Road), this 0.06-acre site provided wetland restoration credit for impacts
associated with the B-4271 project. The wetland restoration effort involved the removal of the
old existing roadway fill and transition areas along both bridge approaches and was planted with
bottomland hazdwood species. The restoration area must re-attain jurisdictional status at the end
of three years; hydrologic monitoring was not required for this project. According to permit
conditions, NCDOT was required to monitor the Big Swamp Mitigation Site for three years or
until success criteria were met, with visual vegetation monitoring conducted each year. After
each growing season, annual monitoring reports were submitted to the appropriate regulatory
agencies via the Natural Environment Unit's (NEU) website:
http://wtilJw.ncdot.or /~/preconstruct/pe/neu/Monitorinr;/MonitoringRenorls.html
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
EUGENE A. CONTI, JR.
$ECRLTARY
After three years of vegetation monitoring, the Big Swamp Mitigation Site indicates that the
planted species are surviving 'and wetland restoration area has re-attained jurisdictional status.
Individual annual monitoring data is provided within the monitoring reports available on NEU's
website between 2008 and 2010. ~ '
MAILING ADDRESS:
NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ANO ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
1596 MAIL $ERVICE CENTER
RA6EIGH NC 27699-1598 , .
TELEPHONE: [phone]
FAX'. 919~212~6766
WEfiSITE: WWW NCDO T.ORG
LOCATION:
CENTURY CENTER BUILDING B
1020 &RCH RIDGE DRIVE
RALEIGH NC 27610

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A site visit was conducted on June 23`d, 2011 with the regulatory agencies and NCDOT
personnel present. It was determined at that meeting that the site success criteria had been rnet
and that no further monitoring would be required. NCDOT requests that the appropriate resource
agencies provide documentation stating that no further monitoring is required and that the site is
closed. If you have any questions about this project, please contact Mr. Randy Griffin at (919)
707-6121. .,
Sincerely, .
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Philip S. Hams, III, P.E., Unit Head
PDEA-Natural Environment Unit
cc: Mr. David Wainwright, DWQ
Mr. Travis Wilson, WRC
Mr. Chris Militscher, EPA
Mr. Gary Jordan, USFWS
Mr. Scott McLendon, ACOE
Mr. Brian Wrenn, DWQ
Mr. David Harris, P.E., NCDOT-REU
Mr. Stoney Mathis, P.E., NCDOT-DEO3
Mr. Randy Griffin, NCDOT-NEU